It's been a tough nine months for the autonomous trucking industry, and that may mean the death-knell for Embark.
Results from the testing demonstrate that in approximately 90% of runs through the snowy conditions under study, VMF should operate successfully, or pause and resume travel within acceptable shipper delivery windows.
How will a fleet maintain, inspect, dispatch, and remotely monitor autonomous trucks? Knight-Swift is working with Embark to find out.
Embark Trucks will develop and deploy technology that would allow trucks equipped with Embark’s autonomous technology to navigate in snowy conditions by the end of winter 2022.
Embark Trucks is the latest autonomous-truck developer to move into Texas, which is becoming a hotbed of driverless-truck technology.
Logistics company DHL Supply Chain secured autonomous truck reservations as part of Embark’s Partner Development Program.
Embark Trucks opened reservations to its Partner Development Program carriers ahead of its 2024 commercial launch, securing 14,200 reservations for Embark-equipped autonomous trucks.
Ryder plans to serve as the operator of Embark's future nationwide network of transfer points where freight would move from autonomous long-haul trucks to driver-enabled trucks for first- and last-mile delivery.
Embark is taking steps to commercialize its autonomous truck technology, making it easier for truck makers to integrate the system and setting up a development program with major trucking fleets.
Embark said it is the first automated truck technology company to introduce a work-zone navigation system, and it's working with Arizona to improve work-zone safety.
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